I’m going to have to keep this super short tonight. After typing for 2 hours I accidentally deleted tonights previous entry. There is no way i can type it again. Boo. So sorry about that.
It will be nice to have a normal keyboard again. Kind of crazy to think that everything I have written here in Japan has been typed with my right thumb on an iPhone. Lol!
Long story short:
It rained all day today.
We opened up our truck by the road and distributed close to 4 tons of aid in under 2 hours to people who stopped.
We will do it again tomorrow in Sunny weather. Should be heading back to Sendai tonight.
Open truck distribution method: We just open up the truck and give out what we have to those who want it. Worked really well!
Good times! Dinner tonight, Nathan telling funny stories.
The honey bees.
Nathan, his sister Ester (the Queen Bee) and Honeybee Leah. I kid you not, this was the 4th time I had ice cream today.
We will try to get a big group photo tomorrow before we go back to Sendai.
David- our fourth driver. He is a great guy and we have had some good times. I gave him a Swiss Army knife tonight.
Nathan gave me my first pizza here today. He is really thoughtful!
Sorry about your entry being deleted, but thank you for taking the time to update with another version. That pizza had to have tasted so good to you!!! I’m glad you have shown us happy moments instead of just showing the tragedy there. All the news has been showing is tragedy and scaring people with the possibility of more tragedy happening there. I think it is important to show the other side, because it gives hope and with hope comes progress.
my husband grew up in Sendai, his father, brothers (their families), Aunts, Uncles, cousins all live up and down the shore line of Miyagi-Ken… His Grandma (my MIL mom) with a few of her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, live up around Kesennuma and the island called Oshima in that pennisula… it would be nice to know what towns you are in – it is great seeing what it they way it really is. My in-laws that I have spoken to on the phone say they are good. But like some of the people you have cared for – it is obvious that they do need… but are being humble and not saying much – except having good spirits. March 30th my husbands dad turned 71 years old, he rarely gets sick – and has a bad cold or "kaze" as he puts it… since after the 3/11 quake. I am enjoying your pictures… just wish I knew where you were…. Thank you for your hard work there.
On a lighter note… you look huge in the picture with everyone sitting down and eating. Like watching an adult try and ride a tricycle. 🙂